Rotating light for railroad-cars.



m. A. TEATE. I ROTATING LIGHT BOB-RAILROAD CAR.

. r i A1 1 L1cnmx IIILEDJUNE 5,1909. -968,714.

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' Patented Aug. 30, 19 10.

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Patented A n31. 30, 1910.

Application filed June 5. 1909. Suia. No. 500.830

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This invonlinn rvlaitvs to loi-onmtiw hmullightsemd.ilw hje -t of the invention isin prm'iilv :1 simple nnvlumism by \i'hivh the headlight will he inrnmi so 21 m thruw ihu light to'miv side when the lni'onmiivc is in !he annexed drawings, \rhivh fully llllhllilYL the invention. Figure l w :1 side qlirsnt'hm of the imprnverl hmullight' iunl 30 min'rh of the. lKX'HIHOilYQ as i.-: nm-wszn'f, in furnish 2r x'mnpleuninlerslumling of the m r-vnliun. Fig. .2 is a plan Vicar of the FlHiO.

inrihe linr- 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig". 4 is u (luhiil "view of :1 nn'ulilimiinn. i

The locrm'mtiw, indimilul generally My 1, of llH' mnnl 01' may prv'lr-rrml typz. and illhwullighr i? is mmmfi'ml at thv front and ii thv snmn upon a FllLll or nihcr Damn-rt. I), Ewing rzirriml by uhz1fi ur juurnul i r0- mml lv muunml on thu :iiil shell and lixuil rumlily unllerstmnl. A! it's uppi-rrnil. 02 other mr-A'Pnirnl pnini, 1h: hmllight hilly is prm'iilmi with a svgniuniul gfvar 5 whivh i; in mesh with :1 dri\'in; gemi'i varl'iwl hy the from: uni of a I'nili shnl't T \vhii'h junrnulmlin .snilahlv. standards 1- brackets R rising: l'mm (he lncunmtivo lmihr in :ul- \x-mcv ul 'thislm'k. lh-iwm'n lhv sirunlmwls m hrnrliuis :1 heavy \veigh'r 01 prn hilnn .r is suspvrulwl from and izu'riml hy iilt rmk slmfi 7 by means of hangers ll) whiz-h an: vxlomh-il upward from the right and 59, thrungh the snhl shaft and :m: 1:- rurwl llwrvun hy nuts 11, :19 Clearly shown in l igs. 1 .nul 3. 'lhcsv hangers 01' bolts SHHHU:

warilly im! outwardly to prmlnco .shnnhlcrs El and in bring its center of gravity low hunmilh the shaft. 7, and munehng its hm'vr 1 .prussurq upmi the Wright. new? iln sospringg l hzn'v 'limvn in the IlI'FWiULS in two forms, Those lllivrml l2 :m wum'wl ng'mn the 5 mnmfirv zit 01H? unil mnl lhvii l'i'vv NHlS l2 hvar ilmrnwunl ugmn llw hmahh-rs Wm 'ln Fig. lllmw filllfil l'l a spring II" :llsn sm-m'ml at (me vial upon the lnmnmtiw :uul hvziring upward near its free Qmlzigaiimtherounded luwvr fan- 9" of the weight. 'lhmc views are mm'oly illmtrzitive ith him, hon-ever. whivh is that l prnlvr to have the free end of the wring or springs prss upon the wright in a nearly vertical direction, inslvzul of lnn'imnlnlly again iis'siilcs.

From the foregoing ilcsi-riptiim, taken in mnnuvtinn with ih .-|;,-(:0n\p;m \"-ing drawings, it is thuughkihv o m-Minn and :ulvnntagw Hf my izazprm'ml lwmllighl will he rvznlily' lil'zllf'lFlOOil and :ippruvintul. ll hoing the common pmrticv. in huilrl railroad (:nra'vs wvilh the min-r rail in a highr i' plane i-iizm r, UNILED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

the inner. rail. he ln 'onmfive will learn 02112? i the innur rail in rmnnling arm-V0. As a rvsnll n5 this inward hauling of the hm)- mulivo :hv. pvmhzhnn \VilQllC 9 will swing imrzml luv mum- \ihfi and will ilHi'l'll)" IOCl-Z lhv Shari. T nml imparl muiiun (liruclily to lhv ih" 'tag your 3 whirh in turn will :iulnan (hv szznwniul g aw?) and \hvreby lnrn lhv .nzuiiighl un its juurnnl m' supporting .hal'l u that ill light rays thrown from lllt lmzu'zn will h prnjvvlul to the inner siilrinsimul ul ptlfisllrl :ill' lwymnl the curve hr; with ihv urilinnry .shuiunzlry hmnllighl.

..\.\" thb weight i; hung lmnunth :rhoriznntul shalt sizuuling lungil'mlinzilly of the lowmuiiue n mm swing only frnnr side to side, and as it iwgins to ring in vithbs' direction it. shirts" out by H'.H\'lli horizontally and Elm; of mini-m I'lSUS on :1 (ZIHYQil line. In the ordinary rihrniiun \Ylllfl] talus play-e, even nn :1 lvwl track. ilw right will swing very rzrsily :1 liflh' from its normal (antral punilinn wiiia lhv rvmlt. Hull tlw hmnllighlqwill he min-Emily inrnwl from .siile l0 siihi. To

' slant inv-wml prvssnm on a horizontal line toward mu-h mhvr on the sides m the. weight so that win-n he latter lHOYCil ever so little one spring was mmprossvrl and the other ullmvmi to vxpaml. My my invent-ion I avoid vibration with the use of springs, but I Having, thus descrilied my invention, what 1 mount the latter so that their extremities bear downward on theweight as in Fig. 3'

or upward thereon as in F ig. 4, with the result in either arrangement that the first or horizontal 1no\ ement. of the veight in either direction causes it to slip frlctiona'lly along the spring rather than to compress the latter,

.although further movement of the weight will compress itas can be seen, It follows then that such mounting of the springs re- 7 tards the movement of the weight by friction at first and by the resil ency of the so that it will operate with certainty and will prove eiiicient for the purpose desired.

The combination with a locomotive, a headlight mounted on an vupright pivot thereon, a horizontal rock shaft mounted instandards on the locomotive, and gearing between the shaft and headlight of hangers depending from the shaft, a weight rigidly secured to them and having outwardly ders and arounded lower face so that its center 01 gravity 1s low, and a sprmg secured at one end to the locomotive and bearing near its free endagainst the weight a curved sides forming upwardly facing shoulin a substantially vertical direction, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS A; TEATEJ \Vitnesses TH. Hornms,

Jonx W. H. Mrrcunm, 

